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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Great debates in higher education
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Great debates in higher education.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Chapter 1 A Primer on Policy and Research; Forms of Research and Measures; Disruptive Technology and Other Forces Affecting Research Policies; Organization of the Monograph; Chapter 2 History and Evolution of Scholarly Metrics and Impact Factors; Origin of Measuring Scholarship; Timeline of Measuring Scholarship; Scholarly Metric Usage Grows and Raises Concerns; Changing Nature of Academic Publishing; Chapter 3 Concerns and Problems; Inaccuracies; Calls for Accountability as a Pathology. |
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Chapter 4 Benefits and Possibilities for Research Policy ImprovementsImpact is Perceived as an Indirect Measure of Quality; Journal Impact Factors Can Be Useful; Informed Research Funding Decisions and Recognition; Using Scholarly Metrics in Policy Creation and Implementation; Chapter 5 Conclusion; Appendix: San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment; Putting Science into the Assessment of Research; References; Author Index; Subject Index. |
| Summary |
This book probes the dynamics of academic research and scholarship evaluation. Readers will learn about scholarly metric evolution, impact factors, disruptive technologies, and a myriad of forces affecting policy development at institutions through an examination of widely-used measurements and growing concerns about their influence. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Learning and scholarship.
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Learning and scholarship. |
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Research.
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Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Beutell, Nicholas J.
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Meyer, John P., 1971-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alstete, Jeffrey W. Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact. [Place of publication not identified] : Emerald Publishing : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018 1787563901 9781787563902 (OCoLC)1030592368 |
| ISBN |
9781787563872 (electronic book) |
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1787563871 (electronic book) |
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9781787563902 |
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1787563901 |
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